Old School Dim Sum

Nowadays, it is difficult to find a cheap and good eat in Manhattan (thanks to the expensive real estate market), but there are plenty of expensive and so so  restaurants around.  Last weekend, we went to Jing Fong for dim sum, the one with two elevators going upstairs, and waited almost 1 hour to share a table.  I was so hungry so I went to get some bread after waiting for 30 minutes (I thought I was going to pass out).  And it was not so cheap, we have to pay for the tea which taste like water and tips afterward.  Jing Fong Restaurant was written by so many tour books and it is expected to have a long wait, but come on, there are other dim sum places in Chinatown.

Then the next day, I was still craving for dim sum, my husband suggested to go to this old school dim sum.  This place is famous for its roast pork bum.  That was also the first time I ever sat down at this place and have dim sum because we were such suckers and like to wait for one hour (Never again!!).   At this old school place, the average age of the customers is 75 and 99% of people there are Chinese.  It is fairly small restaurant and waiters chat with long time customers.  I really like that kind of feeling and don't care about high end restaurants with not so great food (food is more important than ambience for me as you can see!).  Don't get me wrong, I don't mind paying for the high price is the food is exceptional.

This is the place where you can relax and wait for the push cart to come by (a bit slow because this place also has take out section and I suspect the kitchen is no huge, unlike the one in Jing Fong where the boss wants you in and out of the place in 20 minutes).   This place has its usual menu, shrimp dumplings, fish balls, fried taro dumpling, shao mai, chicken feet, spare ribs. sticky rice and many other stuffs.  You will find the basic dim sum menu and I was very happy to find the place.  Oh, the waiter's English is not so good.  I swear the god that she told me one of the dumpling was chicken and panda.  humm...... panda?  By the way, this place is next to the OTB in Chinatown.  Hopefully, the expensive real estate market won't drive this place away in the future.